Kevin Coyner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm trying to filter a file from tcpdump (actually tethereal) using awk, > but am stuck in one spot. > > In words, what I'd like to do is: > > 1. only read lines with the word "Message" in it > 2. in lines with "Message", output everything to the right of the > word "Message". This could be one word or twenty words.
I'd do this with sed, not awk: sed -ne 's/.*Message//p' (By default, don't print lines [-n]; use an expression [-e] that replaces an arbitrary number of characters followed by the word "Message" with nothing, and print the result.) -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
